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NYSE:LUMN

Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Competitors

$1.42
+0.03 (+1.80%)
(As of 03:52 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$1.35
$1.43
50-Day Range
$1.30
$2.03
52-Week Range
$1.30
$8.06
Volume
9.62 million shs
Average Volume
26.01 million shs
Market Capitalization
$1.43 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$4.51

LUMN vs. TWKS, MLNK, AMPL, SCS, MDRX, RILY, STER, KFRC, SEAT, and TTEC

Should you be buying Lumen Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lumen Technologies include Thoughtworks (TWKS), MeridianLink (MLNK), Amplitude (AMPL), Steelcase (SCS), Veradigm (MDRX), B. Riley Financial (RILY), Sterling Check (STER), Kforce (KFRC), Vivid Seats (SEAT), and TTEC (TTEC). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.

Lumen Technologies vs.

Lumen Technologies (NYSE:LUMN) and Thoughtworks (NASDAQ:TWKS) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Thoughtworks has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lumen Technologies. Thoughtworks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lumen Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lumen Technologies$17.48B0.08-$1.55B-$10.87-0.13
Thoughtworks$1.30B1.00-$105.39M-$0.12-33.83

69.7% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of Thoughtworks shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Lumen Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Thoughtworks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Lumen Technologies has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thoughtworks has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Thoughtworks has a net margin of -2.88% compared to Lumen Technologies' net margin of -68.74%. Lumen Technologies' return on equity of 8.44% beat Thoughtworks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lumen Technologies-68.74% 8.44% 1.68%
Thoughtworks -2.88%-1.42%-0.79%

In the previous week, Lumen Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than Thoughtworks. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lumen Technologies and 2 mentions for Thoughtworks. Thoughtworks' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Lumen Technologies' score of 0.62 indicating that Thoughtworks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lumen Technologies
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Thoughtworks
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lumen Technologies received 555 more outperform votes than Thoughtworks when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.81% of users gave Lumen Technologies an outperform vote while only 30.88% of users gave Thoughtworks an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lumen TechnologiesOutperform Votes
576
59.81%
Underperform Votes
387
40.19%
ThoughtworksOutperform Votes
21
30.88%
Underperform Votes
47
69.12%

Lumen Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $4.51, indicating a potential upside of 224.14%. Thoughtworks has a consensus price target of $8.44, indicating a potential upside of 107.99%. Given Lumen Technologies' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lumen Technologies is more favorable than Thoughtworks.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lumen Technologies
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.63
Thoughtworks
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

Summary

Lumen Technologies beats Thoughtworks on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LUMN vs. The Competition

MetricLumen TechnologiesTelephone communication, except radio IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.31B$20.49B$5.18B$15.14B
Dividend YieldN/A3.97%3.24%3.76%
P/E Ratio-0.134.8029.3118.53
Price / Sales0.087.93160.868.55
Price / Cash0.2812.25262.4616.91
Price / Book0.142.404.556.55
Net Income-$1.55B$678.24M$75.11M$901.45M
7 Day Performance-10.03%-1.82%-1.63%-1.20%
1 Month Performance-13.13%-4.04%-7.07%-4.47%
1 Year Performance-82.23%-5.31%-2.14%6.88%

Lumen Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TWKS
Thoughtworks
1.8904 of 5 stars
$4.13
-2.6%
$8.44
+104.5%
-63.0%$1.31B$1.30B-34.4112,500Positive News
MLNK
MeridianLink
1.4539 of 5 stars
$16.30
-3.6%
$19.00
+16.6%
+2.3%$1.33B$288.05M-67.92751
AMPL
Amplitude
1.633 of 5 stars
$11.26
-6.4%
$14.00
+24.3%
-24.1%$1.33B$238.07M-12.80700Short Interest ↑
SCS
Steelcase
2.3896 of 5 stars
$10.73
-3.0%
$11.00
+2.6%
+64.5%$1.26B$3.24B22.8212,900Insider Selling
MDRX
Veradigm
1.9564 of 5 stars
$12.70
+1.0%
$19.36
+52.4%
-19.5%$1.37B$1.53B29.538,000Analyst Report
Positive News
RILY
B. Riley Financial
1.9362 of 5 stars
$40.51
-3.9%
N/A-8.4%$1.24B$915.47M26.832,210
STER
Sterling Check
2.3858 of 5 stars
$12.80
-6.4%
$16.86
+31.7%
-26.8%$1.23B$766.78M640.006,000
KFRC
Kforce
1.6511 of 5 stars
$59.41
-3.0%
$62.00
+4.4%
+6.0%$1.23B$1.65B18.512,000Positive News
SEAT
Vivid Seats
2.4667 of 5 stars
$6.27
+1.5%
$10.77
+71.8%
-14.8%$1.23B$600.27M11.00575
TTEC
TTEC
2.4378 of 5 stars
$25.62
-2.7%
$44.33
+73.0%
-41.7%$1.21B$2.44B18.8469,400Positive News

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This page (NYSE:LUMN) was last updated on 9/28/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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